Tom Allen

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly taking inappropriate photos of four teenage girls who were in CMPD's High School Academy. After a five month investigation, CMPD charged Officer Thomas Allen with four counts of secretly using a camera to view another's body or undergarments and four counts of possessing photos in violation of the state's peeping statute.

CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe says the department is working aggressively. Eleven detectives were assigned to this investigation, which began in October of 2013.